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Killing Eve is a British spy thriller television series, produced in the United Kingdom by Sid Gentle Films for BBC America and BBC Three. The series follows Eve Polastri (Sandra Oh), a British intelligence investigator tasked with capturing psychopathic assassin Villanelle (Jodie Comer). As the chase progresses, the two develop a mutual obsession. Based on the Villanelle novel series by Luke Jennings, each of the show's series is led by a different female head writer. The first series had Phoebe Waller-Bridge as the head writer, the second series Emerald Fennell, the third series Suzanne Heathcote, and the fourth series Laura Neal. The first series premiered on BBC America on 8 April 2018, and on BBC iPlayer on 15 September 2018 through BBC Three. The third series premiered on 12 April 2020 for BBC America, and on 13 April 2020 for BBC iPlayer, and concluded on 31 May 2020. The fourth (and final) series premiered on 27 February 2022 on BBC America, 28 February 2022 on BBC iPlayer and 5 March 2022 on BBC One and concluded on 17 April 2022. The first two series were critically acclaimed, but the last two series received more mixed reviews. The fourth series, and its final episode in particular, drew significant backlash from critics and audiences. The show broke weekly ratings increase records, and received several accolades, including British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series. Both Oh and Comer were praised for their performances, winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, respectively. Comer and Fiona Shaw have also received British Academy Television Awards for their performances. Synopsis In the first series, Eve is bored with her protection role in MI5 and, after brashly investigating the behind-the-scenes of a witness she is handling, she is fired. However, her passion for female assassins later leads to her joining an undercover division within MI6 whose task is to pursue and locate Villanelle, a ruthless international assassin who works for a secret organization called The Twelve. When Eve and Villanelle cross paths they begin a cycle of obsession which leads them away from their individual missions and closer to each other. In the second series, after a violent encounter at the end of series one, Eve and Villanelle resume their obsessive relationship while continuing their separate missions. Eve works to solve kills set by The Twelve while Villanelle continues to kill for The Twelve; however, after a new killer appears on the scene, the focus changes for The Twelve and MI6, as both women are pitted to work with each other. A dangerous mission leads Eve and Villanelle to Rome where their own lives are at stake. The third series picks up six months after the fallout of the mission in Rome. Eve, traumatised by her near-death experience at the hands of Villanelle, quits MI6 and begins living a low-profile existence, whilst Villanelle attempts to discover new ways of earning a living after she stops killing for The Twelve. However, the unexpected arrival of her former Twelve trainer leads Villanelle to question who she really is and if killing is what she's made for, whereas Eve begins looking into The Twelve again after they murder someone close to her, leading both women to cross paths once more. The fourth and final series picks up soon after the third with Eve now desperate for revenge on The Twelve whilst Villanelle is eager to change for Eve. However, due to their different outlooks on their personal missions, Eve and Villanelle begin to clash leading them off into their separate directions but both eventually aiming for the same goal, destroying The Twelve. Cast and characters Main Sandra Oh as Eve Polastri, an analyst with MI5 who becomes tirelessly preoccupied with a notorious assassin and is recruited on an off-the-books basis to the foreign intelligence agency MI6 Jodie Comer as Oksana Astankova / Villanelle, a psychopathic and skilled assassin, who becomes obsessed with the MI6 officer who is tracking her Comer also plays "Jesus Christ" (who appears as Villanelle in drag), with Penny Ashmore as her body double (recurring series 4) Fiona Shaw as Carolyn Martens, head of the Russia Section at MI6 Imogen Daines as Young Carolyn / "Janice" (guest series 4) Kim Bodnia as Konstantin Vasiliev, Villanelle's handler Louis Bodnia Andersen as Young Konstantin / "Karl" (guest series 4) Owen McDonnell as Niko Polastri, Eve's English-Polish husband, a maths teacher and bridge player (series 1–3; guest series 4) Sean Delaney as Kenneth "Kenny" Stowton, Carolyn's son, an ex-hacker who has been recruited by MI6. He later becomes a journalist for Bitter Pill. (series 1–3) Darren Boyd as Frank Haleton, Eve's supervisor at MI5 (series 1) David Haig as Bill Pargrave, Eve's MI5 associate who comes with her to MI6 (series 1; guest series 4) Kirby Howell-Baptiste as Elena Felton, Eve's assistant (series 1; guest series 4) Nina Sosanya as Jess, an experienced MI6 agent now working as a part of Eve's team (series 2) Edward Bluemel as Hugo Turner, a wealthy Oxford graduate, who is working as a part of Eve's team at MI6 (series 2; recurring series 4) Henry Lloyd-Hughes as Aaron Peel, the heir to a tech company following the assassination of his father, mogul Alistair Peel (series 2) Adrian Scarborough as Raymond, a member of the Twelve and one of Villanelle's former handlers (series 2) Adeel Akhtar as Martin, the British Intelligence expert on psychopaths (series 2 and 4) Raj Bajaj as Mo Jafari, a new MI6 agent working for Carolyn (series 3) Turlough Convery as Bear, Kenny's colleague at Bitter Pill (series 3) Steve Pemberton as Paul Bradwell, an MI6 supervisor (series 3) Danny Sapani as Jamie Hayward, Kenny's boss at Bitter Pill (series 3) Harriet Walter as Dasha Duzran, a hard-bitten one-time Olympic gymnast turned spy, Villanelle's former trainer and mentor (series 3) Gemma Whelan as Geraldine Stowton, Carolyn's daughter and Kenny's older sister (series 3) Camille Cottin as Hélène, a high-ranking member of the Twelve (series 3–4) Anjana Vasan as Pamela "Pam" Palmeira, Hélène's newest assassin recruit who works at a funeral home (series 4) Robert Gilbert as Yusuf, Eve's associate (series 4) Laurentiu Possa as Vladimir "Vlad" Betkin, Carolyn's Russian associate (series 4; guest series 1) Ingvar Sigurdsson as Lars Meier, a member of the Twelve who has ties with Carolyn (series 4) Siggi Ingvarsson as Young Lars / "Johan" (guest series 4) Marie-Sophie Ferdane as Gunn, a seasoned assassin for the Twelve (series 4) Recurring Sonia Elliman as Madame Tattevin, Villanelle's neighbour at her apartment building in Paris (series 1; guest series 2) Billy Matthews as Dominik Wolanski, a young bridge player (series 1) Olivia Ross as Nadia Kadomtseva, an assassin for the Twelve and Villanelle's former love interest (series 1) Susan Lynch as Anna, Villanelle's former l.... 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